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Sunday, February 16, 2014

DON’T BE BLASÉ - READ BETWEEN THE LINES - LIFE IS A CLICHÉ!

When someone says “I’ll call you ahead” – does it mean
they’re calling me a “head”, or are they giving me notice about an upcoming
event?

If someone says they’re keeping abreast of things, dare I
ask what they’re really mean?While on
the subject of birds; why is a bird in the hand worth more than two in the
bush? How much are two in the bush worth?Has anyone ever bothered to find out? You’d think that two birds are
worth more than one.

If you have sore eyes is there really a sight that’s capable
of fixing the soreness?The only site
that would remedy sore eyes, as far as I can see would be one that housed an
optometrist or a doctor.The cause of
the soreness could be, of course, beauty…because it’s often said beauty is in
the eye of the beholder. You know how irritating it is when something gets in
your eye. It would be impossible for anyone, male or female, if topless or
wearing only a singlet, to have an ace up his or her sleeve!

Airing one’s dirty laundry, in my opinion, is a total waste
of time.Why would anyone want to do
that when it’s commonsense and much simpler to toss the dirty items into the
washing machine? Not only is it more time efficient, but it gets the job
done.Clothes, sheets, towels etc., come
out clean, meaning the end result is one’s laundry is no longer dirty, which is
a far better method than airing it, in my opinion.

I’m not sure about you, but I have no skin on my teeth, so
how can I “make it by the skin of my teeth”?For that matter what is “it” – what is it that I’m making with the
non-existent skin of my teeth?

And just so you know right from the start, there are no
skeletons in my closet.I’d really freak
out if there.However, to make sure I
did check them all again this morning.That was after I spent hours and hours poring over a new, unused
notebook consisting of 200 lined pages.I tried and tried to read between the lines, but as I’d only bought the
notebook yesterday it’s still in its new state, not unlike a blank slate. I couldn’t find anything
between the lines other than expanses of white nothingness!It has been said you can’t judge a book by
its cover, but when there’s nothing between the covers what is there to judge?Furthermore, the cover on my new
notebook clearly defines what it is. In large colourful print it states it’s a 200 page notebook; and
that’s what it is.I haven’t, and have no
intentions of doing so, counted the number of pages.I’ve accepted it at face value. A leaf may have been taken out of it, but
I doubt any pages have been removed.

I’ve found it much easier to look in my sewing box for a
needle than to go looking through a haystack.I’d have to jump in my car and go try to find a haystack first.To me that would be a needless and pointless
exercise when my sewing box is right here within arm’s reach.

Years ago I was told to save my breath.Diligently I followed the advice; now I have
jars and jars filled with my saved breath, but I don’t know what to do with
them, or it!I suppose I could keep it
all for a rainy day, but I’m not sure what good that will do.

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy…what about Dave,
Mike, Tom, Dick, Harry, Will, even, and all the rest of the boys? Do the same
words of so-called wisdom apply to them, too; and to you, Jill and me, for that
matter?

If you were happily married to a
doctor you’d never eat apples, would you?Not if they’re supposed to keep the doctor away; but if you wanted an
out you’d present him with cartons of apples, daily.

On the shortest days of the
year does it mean you’re not as honest as you are when days are long?

It’s risky saying “any friend of yours is a
friend of mine”.What if you can’t stand
that person?It is not necessarily
always true that it’s better the devil you know than the devil you don’t.The one you don’t know could possibly be far
better than the one you do know.

I heard
somewhere or other that if you sleep with the devil you wake up horny.I’m not sure if that’s true or not. A few
years ago I bought a bright red, fluffy stuffed devil from the RSPCA Op Shop.
As I never slept with it I can’t give a conclusive answer.

How can the cat have my tongue? The only time that would
apply is if I prepared pressed tongue and the cat leapt up on the table for a
stolen taste; but I’ve never had a cat that stole; not tongue or
anything else. I tried dangling a carrot in front of one of my cats once, but he tossed me
a “What does that have to do with the price of Whiskas in China?” look before he went back to
sleep.

Often we’re told we can’t have our cake and eat it, too. What a silly
thing to say! Obviously, if we don’t have any cake, we can’t eat it; but if we
do have a cake of course we eat it before it becomes stale, or the ants get to
it.

Nowadays digital clocks make the
saying “the clock is ticking” redundant. You might think me cuckoo asking this,
but is the cuckoo in a digital cuckoo clock silent, too?

By the way, I never get out of the wrong side of the
bed.It’s impossible for me to do so
asthere is only one side of my bed I
can get out of, the right side – because the left side of my bed is flush up
against the wall.

One has to be a contortionist to survive.

Constantly we’re told we have to “buckle up”; “knuckle
down”; “tighten your belt”; “put on the brakes”; ”bounce right back”; “toe the line”;
“keep your head down” (or “pull it in”); “brace yourself”;“bite the bullet”;“keep your eye on the ball”;“keep your chin up”; “keep your nose to the
grindstone”; “pull your socks up”;“put
your best foot forward” (I don’t know which is my best foot – they both look
much the same to me and appear to do similar jobs); “broaden your horizons”;
“keep your head above water”; “sink or swim”; “take a deep breath; “exhale” (I
wish they’d make up their minds!); “don’t jump into the deep end”; “think twice
before you leap”.

Personally, I prefer to think more than twice before taking
a leap.If we attempted to do all the
above tasks, we’d have no time to spare, not to mention the total confusion trying
to follow so many commands.

Perhaps it’d be better to go out on a limb and play it by
ear!

Maybe it would be best to twiddle our thumbs to decide if
it’s thumbs up or thumbs down while taking one step forward and ten back, all
the time rolling our eyes, raising our eyebrows and shrugging.

Of course, we could spin in one spot and go nowhere. It’s
important to remember, however; if you can’t jump that pesky hurdle, go around
it, or dig a hole and crawl under it is to just bypass it all together - take another route!Better
still, I’ll cross that bridge when I come to it.

Finally, if you don’t have a horse, how can you get back up
on it?

Whew! I’m cashing it in for now. I need to catch 40 winks and have a cat nap,
but before I go, here are some ideas to chew over; but don’t stew on them too
long, I’ve lots more for you to sink your teeth into…at a later date.

Curry-crusted Lamb Breasts with Basil Yoghurt Sauce: Preheat oven 150C. Rinse a 1.5kg to 2.25kg
bone-in lamb breast; place in oven dish; season well with salt and pepper; then
with ginger powder, garlic powder, cumin, paprika and a little turmeric; then a
little less cardamom and coriander; a little less cinnamon and crushed cloves;
and then cayenne, to taste. Flip breast over and repeat process. With fat side
to the top; cover pan with foil or lid; cook approx 3hrs; flip lamb halfway
through. Basil Yoghurt Sauce: Whisk 1c Greek yoghurt, 2 to 3tsp chopped
Thai basil, 1tsp toasted cumin and salt when you put lamb in oven. Chill while
lamb cooks. Serve the cold sauce with the lamb.

24 comments:

YOU HAVE NEVER HAD A CAT WHICH STOLE???I have never had a cat which didn't. Food mostly. But not always. One of our cats had a passion for children's toys and would trawl the neighbourhood looking for them. They were dragged home and I never took them back because I didn't know how much of the shabbiness was cat induced. He bought a full sized house painting brush home too. And a pet rock.

Hi EC....no, I've never had a cat that stole...and particularly not the belongings of anyone else! lol

There is a video clip going around...I sent it off to some friends only the other day about a cat that goes out at night stealing clothes and items from its neighbourhood. It pinches all manner of things.

Whoa, what has got you so wound up lately? By the way, does one have to butcher their own meat in order to get more than a quarter-inch of actual meat on their ribs these days? I would also love a thick layer of fat to go with the meat, please.

Ha Ha! All those jars of saved breath could come in handy on days when you've been rushing about and consequently are "out of breath". Just open one up and suck it back in.Thanks for popping in to say hello.